Wizard's First Rule (121 page)
Zedd cleared his throat. “Yes, well, we will have to have a talk.”
The man in the white robes approached. “Wizard Zorander, is Master Rahl about? There are matters to be discussed.”
Zedd peered up at the dragon disappearing in the sky. “Master Rahl will be away for a time.”
“But he will return?”
“Yes.” Zedd looked back to the man’s waiting face. “Yes, he will return. You will just have to carry on until then.”
The man shrugged. “We are used to that, here at the People’s Palace—waiting for the Master to return.” He turned and started off, but stopped when Zedd called him back.
“I’m hungry. Is there anywhere to get something to eat around here?”
The man smiled and held his arm out to the palace entrance. “Of course, Wizard Zorander. Allow me show you to a dining hall.”
“How about it, Chase? Care for some lunch before I’m on my way?”
The boundary warden looked down at Rachel. “Lunch?” She grinned and nodded in earnest. “All right, Zedd. And where is it you’re going?”
Zedd shifted his robes. “To see Adie.”
Chase lifted an eyebrow. “A little rest and relaxation?” He grinned.
Zedd couldn’t help smiling a little. “That, and I must take her to Aydindril, to the Wizard’s Keep. We have a lot of reading to do.”
“Why would you want to take Adie to Aydindril, to the Wizard’s Keep, to read?”
Zedd gave the boundary warden a sidelong glance. “Because she knows more about the underworld than anyone alive.”
Terry Goodkind is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of
The Sword of Truth
series,
Richard and Kahlan
stories, author of
The Law of Nines
, foundational novel
The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus
, as-well-as collaborator for
Legend of the Seeker
, the Sam Raimi produced, Disney ABC television series based on
The Sword of Truth
books.
Goodkind was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where he also attended art school, one of his many interests on the way to becoming a writer. Besides a career in wildlife art, he has been a cabinet maker and violin maker, and he has done restoration work on rare and exotic artifacts from around the world — each with its own story to tell, he says.
While continuing to maintain the northeastern home he built with his own hands, in recent years he and his wife, Jeri, have created a second home in the desert Southwest, where he now spends the majority of his time.